55 Ashley Avenue (Baker Hospital Building)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

55 Ashley Avenue

55 Ashley Avenue

Name/Title

55 Ashley Avenue (Baker Hospital Building)

Entry/Object ID

ASHLEY.055.001

Scope and Content

Constructed 1912; rehabilitated 1983-84. Noted Charleston physician Dr. Archibald Baker Sr. and Dr. Lawrence Craig founded Baker Hospital in 1912, the same year the building was completed. The four-story brick structure combines elements of Italian Renaissance and Mission styles in its design. This was Charleston's first modern private hospital, specializing in surgical and obstetrical patients. With the move of Baker Hospital to North Charleston, this edifice was rehabilitated as residential condominiums. File contains two newspaper articles from 8/1/1981 "Hospital Building for Sale" (with photo) and from 8/10/1983, a captioned photographo describing the conversion of the building from a hospital to a condominium.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ASHLEY.055.

Source or Donor

55 Ashley Avenue (Baker Hospital, Baker House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ashley Avenue, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Hospital buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files. Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 6

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.021.002, 2004.021.005, ASHLEY.055.002a-b Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 483

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 10, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023